In 1865, a party of engineers toils in the Wyoming hills on a survey as dangerous as it is difficult: preparing the way for the Union Pacific Railroad. Young surveyor Warren Neale’s hunger for adventure and his desire to see a railroad connecting East and West earn him a job promotion. Soon he will marry beautiful Allie, a girl he rescued after her wagon train was raided by the Sioux.

But Neale is outraged when he discovers corruption among the railroad construction companies. And when Allie is kidnapped by ruffians, he loses his will to succeed. Neale’s challenges heighten in Benton, a construction camp full of stragglers, parasites, and desperadoes. Here he meets the seductive and legendary Beauty Stranton. And here prowls the man who plans to use Allie as a lure for his gambling pits. Will there be one more nameless grave among those dotting the slopes along the railroad?

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Listener Opinions

by Jude Brigley | 9/21/2013

" I don't expect this is as good as I remember but when I was eleven years old I loved this book. I was so shocked when one of the most important characters [in my eyes] got shot, i cried and cried. Happy memory of childhood. "

by Kyle | 9/21/2013

" A delightful and refreshing story about life, love, and sacrafice. Throught the lives of very strong characters, an examination of life that still rings ture today. "

by Bernie | 9/7/2012

" I loved this account of the men that moved the Union Pacific from the East toward Promontory Point. The surveying methods used were primitive, but to get a railroad across that kind of terrain and cross that kind of distance is amazing. "

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